The post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another:
— Can you go in my stead?.

synonyms: lieu, place, position.

Roget 644: utility; usefulness etc. adj.; efficacy, efficiency, adequacy; service, use, stead, avail; help etc. (aid) 707; applicability etc. adj.; subservience etc. (instrumentality) 631; function etc. (business) 625; value; worth etc. (goodness) 648; money's worth; productiveness etc. 168; cui bono [Lat.] etc. (intention) 620; utilization etc. (use) 677; step in the right direction.    common weal; commonwealth public good, public interest; utilitarianism etc. (philanthropy) 910.    ... show more